Dear Friend
The word metta comes from the sanskrit word mitra. Mitra means a "friend" or a "companion". It comes from the root mith which means "to unite" "to couple" "to meet". There are no two words here, only the root and the suffix tra (like in mantra).
Yours, Boaz Amichay
Om mani padme hum


To: Pali@...: henntsp@...: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:23:06 +0000Subject: [Pali] Literal meaning of Metta?




Metta is commonly translated as love,loving kindness etc. Does anyone know it's literal translation into English? Do you know the root meaning of Metta? e.g. is it two words? met and ta? Does it have a compareable word in Sanskrit? If anyone is aware of this I would greatly appreciate your help.






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